Best PlacesOrrs, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orrs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Orrs ranks 39,688th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Orrs
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Orrs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Orrs ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Orrs ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orrs
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orrs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,149, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Orrs' effective rate of 0.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Orrs
Orrs's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orrs.
Who works in Orrs, and how
Work in Orrs centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Orrs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orrs.
What the weather is like in Orrs, month by month
Orrs sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Orrs
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Orrs
Schools across Orrs average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chester Park Elementary School Of Literacy And TechnologyD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chester MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Chester Senior HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orrs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orrs measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Orrs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orrs
Is Orrs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orrs ranks 39,688th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orrs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,100. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $60,149 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Orrs safe?
Orrs is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $579 per resident a year.
Compare Orrs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orrs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orrs represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Orrs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orrs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orrs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orrs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orrs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orrs detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.